Tax Sense

February 11, 2000

IN THE competition between politicians over how to deal with the so-called marriage penalty in the federal-income-tax structure, here's a thought:

Rather than continuing to complicate the tax code with additional regulations thats either reward or penalize people for their personal lifestyle decisions, let's try simplifying the tax code in a way that would make the tax burden more equitable and reduce bureaucracy, which would, in turn, reduce government spending. And the fall-out from that just might -- if we could stay on that particular roll! -- lower taxes.